Susan Hall, leader of the Conservative group in Harrow, north west London, jumped on the ‘fat-shaming’ bandwagon while watching I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.

One tweet read: “#ImACeleb OMG this fat woman Gemma is ghastly, really ghastly..however watching her squeal may be funny!”

Another read: “#ImACelebrity who on earth is that stupid fat blond woman Gemma?”

The trade union UNISON has started a petition - signed by 174 council employees - to hold her accountable for her trolling.

It reads: “We the undersigned staff of the London Borough of Harrow ask Harrow Council monitoring officer to hold Councillor Susan Hall fully accountable for the offensive and inexcusable comments made on Twitter.

"Furthermore we would politely and respectfully ask her step down from her respective position as councillor and leader of [the] Conservative [group].

"These comments were made in a public forum and are contrary to the council's CREATE values introduced in 2008, primarily respect 'so we treat each other with courtesy and regard, earning respect through working with others to engender trust.'"

Staff requested a probe into whether Ms Hall's two Tweets constitute a breach of the councillors' code of conduct.

The petitions continued: "We the undersigned staff of the London Borough of Harrow call upon the monitoring officer to take this matter forward in order to avoid Harrow Council and its staff facing any further reputational damage which has the real potential to impact on all staff representing Harrow Council."

In a statement to Mirror Celebs, Susan said: “This is a television programme which thrives on controversy, and I’m honestly amazed that my tweets have been singled out in this way.

"I think it’s a sad state of affairs when a person doesn’t have luxury of being able to say what they think because of political correctness or fear of trial by Twitter jury.”

Ms Hall is not the only person to make remarks about the former TOWIE star - who sensationally quit the show after just three days.

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Yesterday it was revealed that a GB Paralympic athlete has been the target of Twitter trolls who have mistaken her for I’m a Celebrity contestant .

The wheelchair fencer was bombarded with vile messages calling her a "whale" and "annoying b**ch* as the first episode of the hit ITV show kicked off on Sunday.